February 2009 NEWSLETTER
ALBUQUERQUE PRESS WOMEN E-GRAM
TELEVISION DIVISION
Will the new era of digital TV actually be better?
Why is New Mexico so far behind? Should the changeover be delayed?
Join Albuquerque Press Women on Monday, Feb. 9, for a luncheon discussion on digital television. Though the set date for the transition is just around the corner, the White House and several in Congress say we need to hold off. Is that a good idea? Will DTV be better? What should we expect from the digital TV switch? Why is New Mexico, according to the TV ratings folks Nielsen, the least-prepared state in the nation for the switchover? What more will we see on TV?
Join Press Women with Mike Burgess, vice president and general manager of KOB-TV in Albuquerque, Franz Joachim, production manager at KNME-TV, and the New Mexico Media Literacy Project at 11:45 a.m., Monday, Feb. 9 at the MCM Elegante Hotel on Menaul just east of University Boulevard.
Burgess, who's been with KOB since 1993, and Joachim will talk about what the transition will mean to us as viewers and what it will mean to their stations. The New Mexico Media Literacy Project sees television as a human right, as a place to freely get news, emergency alerts, and entertainment. What will happen if that disappears for thousands of New Mexicans?
We've seen the ads for months, find out if DTV will really live up to the promises.
Join us at our luncheon meetings the second Monday of the month
at 11:45 a.m. at the MCM Elegante, 2020 Menaul Blvd, just E of University Ave.
Luncheons are open to the public. For reservations, contact Janet Ford before the luncheon at 720-7821 or E-Mail. Members and their first-time guests, $15; nonmembers, $21. You may join at the door and pay the member price. Vegetarian meals available upon request (please specify when making reservation). Your reservation is our commitment to reserve your lunch and your commitment to pay. For more information, contact: Dan Mayfield, APW president, (505) 239-5445.
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Dues for 2009 are now due. Comprehensive membership is $93, APW only is $35. If you have already paid state and national dues, the APW dues are $10. You may pay at the luncheon or sent a check made out to APW to Doug Swift, 2901 Wisconsin NE, Albuquerque NM 87110. Those who are not paid for 2009 will be charged the nonmember price for the luncheon.
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Last chance to buy raffle tickets for the duffle and tote. The drawings will
be held at the February luncheon. Tickets are $1 each, 5 for $3. The raffle
is to benefit the NMPW scholarship fund.
Albuquerque Press Women supports professional men and women in print, web, and broadcast journalism; writing; publishing; public relations and marketing; graphic arts and photography; and teaching. Meeting monthly for a lunch and invited speaker, and annually for a state conference and communications contest, Albuquerque Press Women is a chapter of New Mexico Press Women which is an affiliate of the National Federation of Press Women .
For information, contact Dan Mayfield, APW president, (505) 823-3921
*MEETING SUGGESTIONS? Do you have ideas for topics and speakers you'd like for us to invite to address our group at future meetings? Send your thoughts to Vice President and Program Chair Liz Staley,
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